Cheshire Observer

GOT NO RELIEF FROMECZEMft Which Spread Over Hands, Arms, Neck, and Face-Face so Swollen SheCould Not See- Doctor Called It Incurable-Treated by Many but Grew Steadily Worse UNTIL WHOLLY CURED BY CUTICURA REMEDIES "My wife was cured of eczema about 81:1: years ago. It came between her Angers and on the palms. She was ad- vised by friends first to try one thing and then another but it continued to spread to the elbows. She had the ad- Vice of three doctors. The first said there was no cure. The second said the disease was due to the change of air and water — our home being in Kent. She continued with him for about three months but she still got Worse. Much against my wish she Went to the hospital. They gave her a prescription for ointment only. That did not satisfy me, so after a week I Went with her to another doctor, as the eczema began to show on her face. He said he could cure her but it would take a long time. He attended her five Weeks, giving her medicine and oint- Wee". Fh ? soon went from bad to Worse. Her hands, neck, and face be- came swollen. For two days she could not see out of her eyes. I was in terrible trouble. A fellow workman asked me if she had tried Cuticura. His uncle suffered with eczema and found great benefit from the Cuticura Remedies. I then got a set for my wife to try. I commenced with great eagerness. For three days she was bathed freely with Cuticura Soap before we could remove the crust of matter and ointment which had formed. Then things began to change, the swelling went down and she could move her fingers and feed her- self. We continued using nothing but the Cuticura Remedies and in three Inonths' treatment my wife derived a complete cure. I shall at any time be pleased to recommend the Cuticura Remedies to sufferers. G. Campany,' Jubilee House, Hart St., Walsall, Staffs. July 30, 1907." Send to nearest depot for free Cuti- cura Book on Treatment of Skin Diseases. Complete External and Internal Treatment fpr Every Humour of Infants, Children. and Adulva eonslats of Cuticura Soap to Cleanse the Skin, Cutt- cura Ointment to Heal the Skin, and Cuticura <? (Chocolate Coated, In via la of 60) to Purify *he Blood. A Single Set often Cures. Sold through- Cut the world. Depots: London. 27, Charwrhousa Sq.; Paris, 5. Rue de I& Paix: Australia. R. Towns II.q<50:a, South Africa. ;;L..Toè: .Town. etc.; Ind?. B. K: Pam. C&teuMa: U. S. A, ;?.r.ni DnM iChenL Corp* Sole P-q&. Bosw$6,A?- a fau ItleC) fl nih to an Eve n i ng StroH à $ a of t dluhmrg, Coffee- Eseerzt. Cheap, BUY t s — t FRISTER f ROSSMAN'S twt'WA SEWING MACHINES, Ty— &2 16 0 R. JONES & Co., LTD., CHESTER. J.P. DAVIES & SONS, MAKERS OF TENTS, MARQUEES. LADDERS, &c. COAL MERCHANTS. TENTS and MARQUEES for Garden Parties ftd Weddings supplied, with or without Floor. CART SHEETS, TARPAULINS, HORSE CLOTHS, &c. SUN BLINDS for Shops. Addresses:—75, Niew Chans Stbbbt; 4, CoAjb fi*CHAnosi and 1. Viotoeia ROAD. TeL 25& J

HE S WALL. L?'?B. IN CAMP.-A small number of the  of the Heswall Company of the Church Lads' )Brigade were among the 2,400 rank and file who "P-ent last week in camp at Prestatyn. The lads, wbo returned home on Saturday afternoon with ?'"urnt faces, had a most enjoyable week, and ake in satisfactory terms of the food provided ? ?be general excellence of the arrangements )?".?a on their behalf. The general health of the ?f?mg was good, and it is pleasurable to I'V° that none of the Heswall members had Q???on to seek medical advice. C?NIATURE RIFLE CLUB CHALLENGE Cup During the next three weeks the members of BeswalI Miniature Rifle Club will compete ?or JJ' handsome challenge cup, which has been ?t?"'?? ?ted to the club for competition by Mr. h?-?sr. The co^Pt^'tion. which will be on la lOaP lines, will be decided by the highest £ CQ ? three shots at ranges of 25, 50 and 100 yard There is every prospect of some keen co?t'etitton, and the ultimate winner will have tt?hQ ??'sfaction of knowing his reward will. be '?ughly well earned.

^§*EAT BOUGHTON MEN'S MEETING. *"°??y the meeting was presided over by ?tr. (" ??ulton. Mr. Jones delivered a very ?a.rn-b address. Mr. Astley rendered two solos, ? ?r. E-yi,,y read the scriptures, and Mr. Lowe tK t e devotions Mr. Julnes presided at the Ot ? ? ?"?- '?- LI. J onp" also took part. Byru OTHETtS.-Mrs. Winalow'e Soothing hM ???" used over fifty yean by millions ? ? t'? "?ra for their children while teething, ?it}. ?'?ct: suc&MS. It will relieve the Poor I  S???"??n?<iint?!y. It is pleasant to taate; Chpro?rf '?'? natural quiet sleep, by relieving the i],) f i)a i. an d ,h c littl,- c l icrub wakes Up" a i r?'r: pam. and the Jittk cherub wakea lit) 1? hnght a" a button." Of ail chemieta, M. per bouj&

BOROUGH REGISTRATION. I Sir,—May I finally call the attention of Unionists to advertisements in your journal and posters on the walls of the city giving the dates and qualifications to be enrolled as Parliamentary voters for next year's register ? My executive have made every possible endeavour to keep the urgency and importance of a correct register before the Unionists of the city, and this office is kept open daily from 10 a.m. till 9 p.m. for the inspection of the lists and prepara- tion of claims in cases of removals and lodgers not already on the register. Thursday next, the 20th inst., is the last day for handing in claims to the overseers, and the responsibility for being accidentally left off the register must afterwards rest with those Unionists who neglect the opportunities thus offered to them.—Yours faithfully. C. H. GLASSEY, Unionist Registration Agent. 17, Newgate-street, Chester, August 13, 1908.

■ ▼ ————— ST. PETER'; CHURCH. I Sir,—A recent letter in your paper advocates the removal of St. Peter's to provide an open space in the centre of the city. I scarcely think this idea will be acceptable to many in Chester. Surely a church that has stood on the spot for over a thousand years deserves more consideration. The greatest improvement that could be made at this spot would be, I think, the construction of a cloister under the east end, and possibly the south side of the church, in Gothic architecture, and, if possible, with a groined roof, to carry the footway under. Then, if the window of one shop in North- gate-street was set back there would be a clear sheltered pathway right from the Mai ket-square to the Cross, and the roadway could be widened at this congested spot. The ancient cross might also be restored, and niuhes could be made to bold the busts or statues of local celebrities. This could all be done, I conceive, without altering the internal arrangements of the church, and would ho a frrftn.fc iiiinrovenpnt to its exterior.- Yours, &c., _u-I- J.W.M. I

v UNIONISTS AT EATON. I Sir,—May I through the columns of your valu- able papar say how very delighted I was to be present at the Eaton Hall Unionist demonstra- tion on Bank Holiday, which was so very largely attondbd by thousands of men and womien Union- ists? What a highly-successful and inspiriting meeting it was! Does it not prove that in 1 Cheshire the "Big Loaf mania has been entirely and effectually cured? The people of Cheshire, at any rate, are thoroughly vaccinated against any such malady which may arise in the near future. All are heartily sick of a Government which is rapidly and surely bringing about its own destruction by its unfulfilled promises. When the next election conies, Cheshire will not again make such a sad and grievous mistake, but will again declare its allegiance to the true party, and will return for each division a Union- ist member. Unionists will not rest until this iniquitous and unjust Government is rooted out for good, and out of the ashes of its so-called Froo Trado will spring up Tariff Reform, which will benefit our country and our Colonies, and cnablo us to keep our countrymen employed, instead of driving them out of their own coun- try and filling the pockerts of the foreigners. A Unionist Government would strengthen and not weaken our Army and Navy, and will make our Empire safe. For this end all Unionists will work and strive, until their mission is accom- plished, until Mr. Balfour and Mr. Chamber- lain are reinstated in their old positions, and the victory is ours. AN EDDISBURY WOMAN UNIONIST. Sir,—I was much amused last week end while reading the childish twaddle in the leading ar- ticle of your Liberal contemporary referring to the recent Unionist demonstration in Eaton Park. In order to make, the article "spin out" tho writer chops and changes about to various subjects in a manner which reminds one of a bird in a tree, hopping about from one branch to another. The demonstration was such a great euooees that he is ovicteritly at a loss what to say, only he does not like to admit it. As a specimen of the article, please allow me to quota the first sentence, which runs as follows: Conservatism in tbsee modern days not. being a very stimu- [ latin g fare, its promoters supplement it with substantial teas and free entertainments, sand- wiched between political speeches, in whioh the tradia of the country is described ae dead or dying." Surely the Conservatives are having enough stimulation when one thinks of the re- sults of all the bye-elections since 1906—victory for the Conservatives in every direction, the latest being the one at Haggerston. where the Conservative captured a Liberal stronghold by a sweeping majority. Of course the writer, in his chagrin at euoh a defeat, finds it convenient to keep silent about that, no doubt remember- ing the miserable failure he mado of it some time ago when attempting to explain away the Liberal defeat at South Manchester. He stupidly shuts his eyea to the fact that the coun- try is sick and tired of the bungling tactics and mismanagement of the present Government, and has begun to entertain grave fears that if the Government exists muclvi longer as at present oansbituted, the country will be ruined, both financially and commercially. As proof of this tendency, one needs only to refer to -the Board of Trade leturns issued on Saturday last, which state that the foreign trade of the United King- dom in July shows a falling off of £ 12,181,345 as oompa;red with July, 1907, and also for the first seven months of the year there was a dooline of £ 58,563,538, os compared with the same period last year. A decrease of exports of our manu- factured goods in one month amounting to nearly £6,000,000 is certainly appalling. But it shews how tho tariff wall of Protection in foreign countries is effectually blocking out our chances of competing with them in their own markets, while with our stupid Free Trade system we leave an open door for them to stock our mar- kets with their manufactured goods, and thus causing unemployment for the British working- men, and consequent poverty and distress. By following such an insane polioy, is it not like burning the candle at both ends? British capi- tal going abroad to pay the foreign workman's wages, while thousands of the British workmen are on the brink of starvation owing to unem- ployment, and no wages, of course Yet the writer in your contemporary sneeringly says "the trade of the country is described' as dying or dead." In spite of all the poverty and dis- tress that is prevalent everywhere, owing to un- employment, he blindly refuses to see tha.t the trade of the country is continually leaving us Bu-t he stupidly keeps liarping on about taxing foo-d and raw material, when he knows, or ought to know, that it is only our manufactures that the Conservatives are wishing to protect, and thus find more work for our workingmen. Oh course, it iaeasy to be understood why some Radical manufacturers are in favour of continuing t.he- policy of Free Trade in this country. Hav- ing factories in protected countries, such as Germany and the United States, it is to their interest, as they can save the duty on goods which they manufacture in those countries. Therefore it is to their interest to continue the present system as long as possible. However, 1100 workingmen of this country are awaking to the fact that Free Traders are only throwing dust in their eyes by tho bogey of "food tax- ing," henœ the many ■ victories at byo-olediona of thos9 candidates in favour of Protection; also a moving of the "tfry bones" of many pro- minent members of tho Liberal party.—Yours respect fully, ANTI-FREE TRADE. A

FARNDON RIGHT-OF-WAY. I Sir,-In my last Idt.pr I promised (with your permission) to furnish facts and figures Minting to tJw public use of tho footpath around Da- more Meadow for the last 50 years, and provo tho existence of the same sinoo the time when tho noble Hugh Lupus, the first Earl of Chester, built the weir near the Dee Mills, and cstab- lished a salmon fishery, and trading was carried on by water from Bangor Isyooed to Chester, not only in corn and cheese, but all other kinds of farm produce, also s'one, gravel, sand, timber, etc. After they had knocked away the obstructions Mr. Holbrook had placed on the path, the local authorities should immediately have followed this up by taking action, and have assumed the position of plaintiffs in this action, instead of that of defendants. Then they could have chosen their place of hearing. As a Chester man, and as a humble resident on the Dee who has watched its changes closely for considerably over 50 years, and has lived for 20 years in Farndon, within a few yards of tho river, and scan it daily and observed its aouon in flood and calm, storm and tempest; and knowing as I do every ditch, brook, contributory stream and, I may say, every field or meadow from. Bangor Isyooed to Connah's Quay, I claim to know also tho exact course of the foot or towing paths on both sides of the river, fa.. they change accord- ing to oircumstanees. which I will txp'ain. I shall also bo able to show a powerful reason why the towing path along or around Utenamoro Mea- dow is by far the most important of those around any other meadow in this long navigable stretoh of the ever-winding Dee, which abounds in peninsulas the whole length of its course from Chester to Bangor. As I explained in my last, at tho apex of the peninsula which Dena- more Meadow forms, the mouth of the Alyn enters the Dee, and when in flood aend3 down shoals of gravel, which spreads almost across the river, leaving it only a few inches doep (sometimes) of water on the Denamore side, and this only for a few yards in width. On rounding Denamore Meadow from Chester, perhaps 100 yards beforo reaching Alyn mouth, if there has not been rain for some time, the shallow is so extended that either boats have to be lifted out of tho river and carried along the foot or towing path above for a considerable distance and launched again, or it ie necessary to lighten the boat by the occupants' getting out and walk- ing tho distance. They tow the empty boa.t over the shallow water; then at these times advan- tage is generally taken toO stop and fish or bathe from Denamore bank. In 1868, the driest summer on record, when wo ware, I think, three months without rain, I and every day as hot as in India, boating people might have been seen in Denamore Meadow between, say, three o'clock in tho afternoon of Saturday and seven or eight o'clock of same day, resting and refreshing themselves on the towfng path while passing this shallow. On the following Monday morning it was the custom of the Liverpool gentlemen, who wanted to catch a train for business from Chester, to start at five o'clock, insfead of six or seven o'clock, in the morning from Farndon, so that they might either enjoy a ha;the or an hour's fishing from Denamore Meadow bank at Alyn mouth. So that at an easy calculation I have known over 100 people to occupy the towing path in Dena- more twioo over under 48 houis. Many of these were my own personal friends. All this could be attested by great numbers of Liver- pool gentlemen who are still to bo easily found. Theil Manchester sent its quantity also, and my own native city, Chester, was not least in furnishing visitors. Again, in the notably dry summer of 1870, the same thing occurred. Now, as to which aide of the river t.he towing path should be at this point, the Rev. L. E. Owen, of Farndon (who is, like all tho 'Varsity men, a lover of boating), said "undoubtedly there is a footpath all along the river from Farndon to Chester, if we only know which side it ran." Well, I can easily put that matter out of doubt: For in dosoending the river from Farndbn to Chester the Bangor boatmen (nine men to a boat) lassooed to a lope, must take the foot- path around Denamore on the Farndon side, and so on to the Iron Bridge, or rather to Rad- ley or Aldiford-lane, where there used to be a la.nding stage, as thoy could not possibly jump the Alyn or Pulford Brook, which both flows into the Dee between Farndon and Eaton on the Denbighshire side. Then, after passing Auld Ford (not Aldford, as it is wrongly called), the towing path changes to the Eaton meadows, and continues on the samo side all the way to the weir at Chester. Let me give a few plain facts as to tha exist- ence of siiles around Denamore, and the non- existence (marked by persistent trespass) on the one (so much put forward) across now Parker's, but best known to old residonts as Posnett's Meadow. Mr. Posnett, who kept the Nag's Head Hotel at Farndon, owned this m-eadow now called Parker's, and from the time I went to Farndon in 1860 to the time of his death in 1875 kept jealous guard against, the trespassers across this meadow. He was a determined man, and nearly every day, while his health permit- ted, armed with a long, stout ashplant, he went around his land, each time in search of tres- passers. He said it was not so much the damage to the grass they caused, but in breaking down the fence, horses and o&ttle strayed, and it took a long time to find them. As to Denamore Meadow, in the 'sixties the stile at the western end was a perfect one with a footboaid. The stile at the eastern end was often renewed; it often changed in form also, and of late years it wa3, as Mr. T. Parker, Churton Hall, described it, composed of three horizontal rails. This was the most convenient form, as long larch rails could be used and extended to the river edge to prevent cattle getting out at low water. I have before me a newspaper account of a visit of the Chester Natural Science Society to Farndon in May, 1872. It says "the barges were towed by steam launches to a bend in the river not far from tho mouth of the Alyn, and the party was mat hero by the Rev. B. W. Johnstone and myself, acting as cioerones to the party. It then goevs on to say, "tho party here became divided, the elderly people going up I)cn-,trnort- laue to Farndon, the others preferring the path through the meadows past Alyn mouth (which is in the centre of Denamore) to see it and pass on around the river bank to Farndon Bridge, and then join the others at Farndon Church." Now, if there were no stilos to get into Dena- more at the east end after landing at Lane-end and no stile to get out of Denamore into the next or Parker's Moadow at the west end, how did they jump or scramble over a high hedge? At this wast end was an easy stile at the time. I have not invented this newspaper cutting, whioh you, Mr. Editor, or anyone interested, may see if desired. Had this onquiry been held locally there could have been several hundred witnesses to corroborate my statements easily found in and around Farndon and Holt, Churton and Ald- ford, not forgetting many from Chester, to-day. Everyone interested should know that the Dee is a free river, and if they will search its banks they will see faded notice boards proclaiming this fact, and that the river may be rpproached at any landing place along its banks, and there is the right to proceed fiom Chester aJong the acknowledged towing path, provided you keep within the prescribed distance of the water. No horses were ever used on these towing paths, as the stiles and other obstacles in the way of fence.s had to be negotiated as at present. The members of the Corporation of Chester owning farms and lands near Holt. used to come up the river in boats to view their property, and also re- turn by river. I will gladly accompany any party and point out any or all t.he technicalities of the path from Chester to Farndon.—Yours truly. W E. PHILLIPS. Hamilton Hey, Chester. W. E. PHILLIPS. I

"The Whitehall Review," always an attractive journal, gives promise of a successful career under its new editorship and proprietorship. A feature of a recent issue was a cleverly written story by M. Longley, entitled "The Nun's Repentance." To the same number Mr. R. J. Barrett contributes some leaves from the notebook of a Globe-trotting editor, entitled On the Fringe of Ci vilisation. These reminiscences are most interesting snap- shots of Mexican life, There are many other things worth reading in the journal, which is well iUustrnted. Out of the 241 bishops who assembled for the I ambetli Conference all but 30 have signed in the autograph collection of Major Henry Wright, V.D. and, as a few are still remaining in England, it is hoped that some of the 30 will yet sign in the book, in which the Archbishop of Canterbury has for many years taken a personal interest and has signed as Roffen. Winton. and "Cantuar: The Archbishop made the acquaintance of Major Wright on the Sunday Dr. Davidson was ordained, in St. Paul's Cathedral, 1874; Major Wright hearing Dr. Davidson the same evening preach his first sermon, which was in St. Mary Charterhouse, the vicar of which was the late Rev. W. B. A. Jacobson, a son of the Bishop of Chester, the great friend of Mr. W. E. Gladstone. GOOD FISHING YEAR.-The report of the Secretary of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries on sea fisheries, 1906, was published on Wednesday. The total quantity and value of fish landed in England and Wales directly from British fishing vessels during 1906 was :—Fish (ex- clusive of shell fish) 12.195,000 ewts., valued at £ 7,641.000. The sbell fish was valued at £ 324,000; the total value thus being £ 7,965,000. The total quantity of fish (exclusive of shell fish) increased by nearly 900,000 cwts. as compared with 1905, while the value increased by;C440,000; and both in quantity and value the fish landed in 1906 exceeds that landed in any of the preceding nine years. The value of the shell fish during the year is greater that in any year since 1901.

CHESTER WATERWORKS COM-I PANY, HALF-YEARLY MEETING. I HUGE STORAGE SCHEME. I The half-yearly meeting of the company was I held on Thursday, Mr. F. E. Roberts (chairman of directors) presiding. DIRECTORS' REPORT. I The directors, in their report, stated that the accounts for the half-year shewed a balance on revenue of £ 2,629. 4s. 3d. The interest on pre- ferenoa capital required JE450, and the usual statutory dividends amounted to £ 2,077. Hk, leaving a balance of £101. 14s. 3d. The Chairman, in moving tho adoption of the report and accounts, said that on the occa- sion of their last half-yearly meeting he was in London on the business in connection with the action against the Guardians, and on the day before that meeting the appeal was hearc which resulted to the satisfaction of the com- pany. He thought he might say that every- body seemed pleased, for the Guardians ex pressed their pleasure. Since that time tlu company had gone on quietly and prosperously gradually increasing the number of their cus- tomers, and their income was coming in very regularly. They had large applications for more extensions, particularly in the coun- try, and they entertained these as they could. They had to be careful about doing so because of the cost which, he thought, those who asked for water to be brought to their houses on tho outskirts scarcely realised. Referring to tho report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1907 the Chairman said that under the heading of "features of interest," Dr. Thomas mentioned the small number of deaths from typhoid fever. There had only been one in the course of the year. Typhoid fever had always been put down by experts to defective milk supply or water supply or imperfect drainage. They knew the Town Council were doing their utmost to improve the drainage of the city, and its sanitary oondition, and they were glad to think they had been successful. Dr. Thomas said j another point to be observed was "the excel- lence of the water supplied to consumers in 1907, as tested by bacteriological examination." He (the chairman) did not think they wanted a better certificate than that as to the water they were supplying to the city. Somewhere in the report the medical officer advocated additional storage. This was a point which had been under the consideration of the Board for several years, and they had had plans before them with the object of the construction of very largely increased storage, which would have tho effect of tiding them over any difficulty in the matter of an impure river, or floods, or anything el se that might happen. They had the advantage in Chester of an unlimited water supply, and it was satisfactory to note that the excellence and purity of the water supplied to the town was recognised by those in authority. The company had always been satisfied that they were doing their duty in this respect, and they were glad to have the information of the medical offioer. In conclusion, the Chairman congratulated the meeting on the general and steady progress of the company. Mr. Latham seconded, and pointed out that consumers had taken advantage of the rebate offered by the company and had received J6244 in reduction of their water rates. The com- pany had supplied 27 million gallons more than in the corresponding period of last year. In reply to a shareholder, The Chairman said it was in their minds to form a very large reservoir on the surplus ground round the works which they had re- served for the purpose. It was possible they might want additional money to do it. The proposed reservoir would provide six times the amount of present storage capacity. They had recently put some concrete piling just above their intake for a distance of about 100 yards. Year by year the river banks had been washed away, and the river had been ruined by the destruction of the timber on the banks. Trees which twenty years ago were growing on the banks were now growing in the water, and they had protected their intake and land by putting up this piling which was manufactured at their own works. The Hon. C. T. Parker had inspected the piling and thought it was very good and inexpensive, and he proposed piling a portion of the river bank in a similar wav. I THE DIVIDENDS. Mr. Has well moved—"That dividends be now declared for the half-year ending 30th June, 1908, of the following rates: -Of 7 i per cent. per annum (less income tax) on the consolidated stock of the oompany; six per cent. per annum (h> income tax) upon the perpetual six per cent. preference shares and of 7 per cent. per annum (less income tax) upon the new ordinary stock 1874." Mr. Sheriff Roberts seconded, and the motion was carried. A vote of thanks to the directors brought the meeting to a close.

CHESTER BENEVOLENT INSTITU- TION. MATERNITY. I KsronT FOR WEEK ENDING AUGUST 8TH I Cases on books  New caE3es .1701 Visits pand.? 170 MARGARET WAKEMAN, Matron. I

DISTRICT NURSING ASSOCIATION f 9, WATER TOWER STREET. I W ISilKLY REPORT. I Old ca.ses. 511 New ca.sos. 16 Cured l | Relieved 2 Removed. 1 ?I)eath?4 0 On books 63 Visits 1041 E. BATESON, La-dy Superintendent. II August 8, 1908.

The Bishop of Chester reopened and dedicated the Chapel of Woodhead on Saturday. The chapel, which was founded in 1487. bad got into a ruinous state. It has now been repaired and altered. CHURCH TEACHING IN WALES.- Religious education and Church schools were discussed on Wednesday at a Bangor diocesan meeting. The Diocesan Inspector recommended united action in defence of the Church's heritage, and gave instancea of what appeared to be deliberate attempts in the diocese to kill Church schools by piling on them unreasonable demands. The Bishop said it was becoming more and more clear that it was the duty of the Church to instruct her children, and he thought she had in Wales taught religion well. Some dissent was expressed when the Rev. Edwin Jones spoke in support of the Bishop of St. Asapb's Bill. NATIONAL FINANCE.-According to the finance accounts for 1907-8, which were issued on Wednesday, the total revenue amounted to E156,537,690, and the expenditure chargeable against revenue £ 151,S12,094. 1 The revenue, therefore, exceeded the expenditure by B4,725,596 The total "nett" expenditure on naval and mili- tary service was 956,087 925. According to an official return which was issued on Wednesday the salaries of judges (including the Lord Chan- cellor) amounted last year to £ 157,153. Alto- gether there was a nett increase of £ 5,528. The receipts included the following :-Taxation ac- count, ?4.520; lunacy percentage account B19.14C; fees in connection with honours and dignities, £ 2,323.

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GOVERNMENT & HORSE BREEDING j ————— A ————— DUKE OF PORTLAND'S VIEWS. I Speaking on Saturday at a luncheon in con-I nection with the annual agricultural show of tlw,l, tenants on hie eetate at Bothal, near Morpeth, the Duke of Portland dealt with the difficulty experienood nowadays by owners of half-bred horses in turning their foals or older horses into profit. The Royal Commission, of which he had been a member for the beet part of twenty years, had over and over again advitied the Government to buy the young horsrs they required at the ago of three years instead of four years, and give the eamo prioe at three years as they would at four. j He was glad to note that in the House of Lords the other day Lord Carrington expressed his intention and the determination of the Govern- j ment to carry this into effect. If this was done it would be a boon to the breeders of horeee, and j he hoped it might also encourage the breeding of half-bred horses in general. At the pame time, in his opinion, such a boon as merely buy- ing horeee at the age of three years was only a drop in the ocean. Nearly every other country of Europe, he thought, had devoted large euma of money to the encouragement of half-bred ¡ horse bring, and, he asked why the uovern- ment of this country should not similarly en- courage this industry. He waa perfectly con- vinced that as motor cars increased—and increase they certainly would, however much some people might dislike them--(laughter and applause)— the horse-breeding industry would, so to speak, go hack and weaken year by year, and some day they would find themselves in a very shaky state if a war should break out for lack of horses; therefore it be-hoved not only this but any Government that might be in power to do what they could to keep up the breeding of half- bred horses. He was not there to state exactly what might be done, but there were many thing. that a Government might do besid-re buying horeee at the age of three years. That, no doubt, would be a certain amount of encouragement, because it was at the age of from three to four years that a half-bred horse became troublepome and expensive to keep, for that waa, of course, the period when he must be broken in. If the Government carried out their intention and bought t-- in at the age of throe years, and had depots where they could keep them, he believed it would not only lienefit the farmers but themselves, because then they could get an unbroken animal and get it broken and reared according to the neweet and moot scientific principles, instead of a half-broken brute which required great care and skill if ever it was to be any good at all. (Applause.)

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I TIDE OF EMIGRATION. 4 > BRITAIN AND GERMANY CONTRASTED. f THIS COUNTRY'S LOSS I In the coursc of an interesting letter which appea.m in the "Ti," Mr. J. E?lis &rker, ¡ author of "Modem Germany," gives Mie follow- ing figures shewing ths nett British emigration since 1900, that is to say, the number of British and Irish people who have left this country, after deducting the number of British and Irish people entering this country: -1900. 71,188; 1901, 72,016; 1902, 101,547; 1903, 143,036; 1904, 126.854; 1905, 139,365; 1906. 149,671; 1907, 237,204; total, 1,085.881. "The foregoing figures," saya Mr. Barker, "shew that during the last eight years Great Britain has lost on balance more than one mil- lion of her ablest and strongest citizens, and they shew a steady and rapid increase in liatt emigration, whioh is most disquieting. It will be noticed that during 1907 237,204 people left this country. The Transvaal war cost 20,000 lives. We may. therefore, say that in 1907 Great Britain lost a dozen Transvaal wars, j "If we now turn to Gennany wo find that, during the whole period 1900-1906—the figures for 1907 are no" vet available—gross emigration amounted to 199,921, or 28,560 per annum. Dur- I ing that period immigration into Germany was on much greater tlian emigration from Germany. Unfortunately, I cannot give the exaot figures. However, accordm; 11 too Government statistics, the numb- oe-s residing in Germany increased ht. in 1900 to 1,007,179 in 1905. There »ioro in fivo years an increase in foieignc-rs of 250,028, or 50,005 per annum. If we take no note of German inunigration into Germany, and that immigration is considerable, it. follows that Germany gainr-d on balance by foreign immigra- tion alone 22,000 people per annum. '•Between 1853 and 1907 14,730,311 people emi- giatcd from Great Britain. As British re- migration towards this oountry is of compara- tively 11went origin through the cheapening and acceleration of transport, I estimate that Great Britain has lost on balance at, least 11,000,000 of her citizens during the regime of Free Trade. Bismarck said to the German Free Tradem: "If you cannot export goods you will have to ex- port men.' It should be borne in mind that British emigration is in rcaj It-y considerably gpeater than is shewn by the foregoing figures, because a large number of Englishmen who have worked their passage out and settled abroad, as weU as British soldiers, sailors, etc., who do not como back to this country, are, of oourso, not acoounted for in the British emigration re- turns."